Tuesday, March 31, 2009

“Arms are instruments of ill omen. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. When great numbers of people are killed, one shou”Lao Tzu

“That is the essence of the scriptures, and that is a good omen, by which one comes to chant the Name of the Lord.”Sri Guru Granth Sahib

"Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be."George Santayana

"If we do not fear to commit mistakes, if we take the omens as a warning, as a help to cross that particular day, then we start to get deeper and deeper into the soul of the world."Paulo Coelho

“OMEN, n. A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.”Ambrose Bierce

"We believe Oracle's shortfall is an omen for other names in our universe."Gretchen Teagarden

"We have this language of the omens, the language of the signs. It is an alphabet that is directed to us."Paulo Coelho

"If the good Lord could stop the rain just for tomorrow, but only for tomorrow, it would be good. But we need rain otherwise because it's a good omen for our country."Brigalia Bam

“Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen but his country's cause”Homer

"That might be an omen that I need to leave whatever I brought from there and just start completely over."LaVar Arrington

“There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.”Oscar Wilde

"A growing gap between governments and economic performance is always a bad omen for the future."Stephane Garelli